Imagin’Action winner 2018: Ancestral Nano Flowers, by Leyre Barandiaran Larrea

Combining phylogenetic and informatics tools we resurrect a laccase from up to 3000 million years. This Enzyme has been immobilized as organic-inorganic (copper- sulphate-protein) Nano flower.

Pictures were obtained with a scanning electron microscope.

The image will be displayed in the main hall at the location of the 6th Iberian / 10th Iberoamerican Biophysics Congress (Castellón June 20 – 22, 2018). The prize consist on a free inscription to the meeting, plus a sum of money to cover travel expenses.